Predicted and observed cyclic performance of piles in calcareous sand

Al-Douri, R H; Poulos, H G

doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9410(1995)121:1(1)

Title: Predicted and observed cyclic performance of piles in calcareous sand

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The performance of small-scale model piles jacked into calcareous sand and tested under cyclic axial loadings is presented in this paper. The calcareous sand beds used for the tests have been prepared from reconstituted soil that has been consolidated under different overburden pressures using a test vessel of special design. The study is focused on the accumulation of permanent displacement of the piles under both uniform and nonuniform amplitude cyclic loadings. A numerical analysis is employed to predict the cyclic behavior of the model piles, using input parameters derived from the experimental results. Comparisons between the measured and predicted results show reasonable agreement.

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Al-Douri, R H; Poulos, H G ^[1]

Univ. of Sydney (Australia)

Publication Date:: Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI Identifier:: 6647578

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Journal of Geotechnical Engineering; (United States)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 121:1; Journal ID: ISSN 0733-9410

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING; 02 PETROLEUM; 03 NATURAL GAS; FOUNDATIONS; DYNAMIC LOADS; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; OFFSHORE PLATFORMS; BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; SEA BED; INDUSTRY; MATHEMATICS; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; SUPPORTS; 423000* - Engineering- Marine Engineering- (1980-); 020300 - Petroleum- Drilling & Production; 030300 - Natural Gas- Drilling, Production, & Processing

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                    Al-Douri, R H, and Poulos, H G. Predicted and observed cyclic performance of piles in calcareous sand.  United States: N. p., 1995. 
        Web.  doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9410(1995)121:1(1).

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                    Al-Douri, R H, & Poulos, H G. Predicted and observed cyclic performance of piles in calcareous sand.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9410(1995)121:1(1)

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                    Al-Douri, R H, and Poulos, H G. 1995.  
        "Predicted and observed cyclic performance of piles in calcareous sand".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9410(1995)121:1(1).

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  title        = {Predicted and observed cyclic performance of piles in calcareous sand},

  author       = {Al-Douri, R H and Poulos, H G},

  abstractNote = {The performance of small-scale model piles jacked into calcareous sand and tested under cyclic axial loadings is presented in this paper. The calcareous sand beds used for the tests have been prepared from reconstituted soil that has been consolidated under different overburden pressures using a test vessel of special design. The study is focused on the accumulation of permanent displacement of the piles under both uniform and nonuniform amplitude cyclic loadings. A numerical analysis is employed to predict the cyclic behavior of the model piles, using input parameters derived from the experimental results. Comparisons between the measured and predicted results show reasonable agreement.},

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  journal      = {Journal of Geotechnical Engineering; (United States)},

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